Country of origin: Italy Location: Cittadella (Padua), Veneto Status: Active Formed in: 2014 Genre: Doom Metal, Ambient/Drone Themes: Sorrow, Doom, Damnation Current label: Metal Blade Records Years active: 2014-present Messa emerged on the first day of 2014. The extreme diversity of their musical background immediately proved to be essential in the construction of the band's sound: Prog, Black Metal, Punk, Dark Ambient, jazz, Blues and Doom. All those influences have been channelled into a sonic cauldron that the band defines "Scarlet Doom". Messa's music has been described as classy, artful, soulful, and seductive. This is a band that combines doom, jazz, blues, and occult rock into a rich mixture of sonic flavours that is delicious, with Sara Bianchin's irresistible voice on top. It is clear that they have different musical backgrounds and that they incorporate them into their doom metal sound, there is a jazz component, with the use of the Rhodes piano and the saxophone. The musicians also use traditional eastern instruments (oud and duduk) and influences (i.e. Arabic folk) to create their atmospheric and expressive sound. Messa does not play virtuosic music, but their sound does contain some impressively emotional moments that require talent and confidence to create. Messa's ability to switch at will between drone, folk-like sounds, and doom, all in a proggy shell only works because the band has the talent to pull it off.